Inspired by holidays of Hartford’s past, the Winterfair pop-up market inside Union Station’s Great Hall offers a festive environment with local makers, creatives, craftspeople, and entrepreneurs sharing their talents. More than 100 small businesses will be featured in total, and The Hartford is covering all vendor fees to make their participation free.
As a reprieve from high inflation and gas prices, and to hopefully spur ridership back toward pre-pandemic levels, Connecticut will use $8.1 million of ARPA funds to cover public bus fares for the next three months.
Published May 05. 2021 8:14PM
Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant
As drivers across the state and nation pay the price for soaring catalytic converter thefts the latest rendering more than two dozen Greater Hartford Transit buses inoperable one police department suggests owners mark theirs to discourage thieves from sliding under their cars, sawing them off and selling them to scrap dealers.
Manchester police on Tuesday said vehicle owners should consider labeling their catalytic converters, which use precious metals and chemical reactions to clean exhaust. The value of those metals has gone up, climbing steeply during the coronavirus pandemic, with recyclers shelling out $50 to $250 per converter, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
As drivers across the state and nation pay the price for soaring catalytic converter thefts the latest rendering more than two dozen Greater Hartford Transit buses inoperable – one police department suggests owners mark theirs to discourage thieves from sliding under their cars, sawing them off the undercarriage and selling them to scrap dealers.